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11 strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously
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being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
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and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
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For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
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The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -all things have been created through Him and for Him.
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For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
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And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,
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For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
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and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,
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Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
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